馬打

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (馬打)		馬	打
simp. (马打)		马	打
alt. forms		馬達／马达

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay mata-mata (“police”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎdǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa³ daa¹, maa⁵ daa¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): má-tâ

(Teochew, Peng'im): ma¹ da⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎdǎ [Phonetic: mádǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maadaa
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa³ daa¹, maa⁵ daa¹
  - Yale: ma dā, máh dā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa³ daa¹, maa⁵ daa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma³ da¹, ma⁵ da¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑː³³ tɑː⁵⁵/, /mɑː¹³ tɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: má-tâ
  - Tâi-lô: má-tâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mafdaa
  - IPA (Singapore): /mã⁴²⁻⁴⁴ ta²⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /ma⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ta²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ma¹ da⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma tă
  - IPA ^(key): /ma³³⁻²³ ta³⁵/

Noun

馬打

(Singapore, Malaysia) police; police officer
- 駕車又驚馬達追，驚會抓去吹口哨 [Min Nan, trad.]
  驾车又惊马达追，惊会抓去吹口哨 [Min Nan, simp.]
  From: 2004, 黃一飛與喵喵組合, 搖來搖去
  hōaⁿ-chhia iū kiaⁿ má-tâ tui, kiaⁿ ē lia̍h khì pûn pi-pi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  When driving, I'm afraid that the police will chase after me, that they will catch me and blow their whistles.
- 馬打便招了你老弟去問問作作記錄好交差。 [MSC, trad.]
  马打便招了你老弟去问问作作记录好交差。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2010 September 6, 敦符国荣博士 (Tun Dr Foo Kok Yong), 黄明志老弟，你是可以的。
  Mǎdǎ biàn zhāo le nǐ lǎodì qù wènwèn zuòzuò jìlù hǎo jiāochāi. [Pinyin]
  So the police beckoned your younger brother for interrogation so that he could get a record to report on.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 警察 (“police; police officer”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		警察、警官、警員
Argot	Argot	條子
Mandarin	Beijing	警察
	Taiwan	警察
	Harbin	警察
	Jinan	警察
	Muping	警察
	Luoyang	警察
	Jiedian	警察
	Xi'an	警察
	Xuzhou	警察
	Ürümqi	警察
	Wuhan	警察
	Chengdu	警察
	Guiyang	警察、警士 dated、警士先生 dated face-to-face、貓菜 dated nickname
	Liuzhou	警察、警伯 playful
	Nanjing	警察
	Malaysia	馬打
	Singapore	馬打
Cantonese	Guangzhou	警察、差人、差佬 male
	Hong Kong	警察、差人、阿Sir male、差佬 male
	Dongguan	阿Sir、差佬
	Taishan	警察
	Kuala Lumpur	馬打
Gan	Lichuan	警察
Hakka	Meixian	警察
	Yudu	警察
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	警察
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	警察
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	警察
	Dongshi (Dabu)	巡查、警察
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	警察
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	巡查
Huizhou	Jixi	警察
Jin	Taiyuan	警察
Jin	Xinzhou	警察、小對子 dated
Min Dong	Fuzhou	警察
	Fuqing	警察
	Matsu	警察
Min Nan	Xiamen	警察
	Quanzhou	警察
	Zhangzhou	警察
	Taipei	大人
	Kaohsiung	警察
	Tainan	大人
	Taichung	巡查
	Wuqi	警察
	Hsinchu	警察
	Lukang	警察
	Yilan	警察
	Magong	大人
	Penang	馬打
	Singapore	馬打、大狗
	Haikou	警察
Pinghua	Nanning	警察
Wu	Shanghai	警察、黑貓警長、黑貓、老貓
	Suzhou	警察
	Wenzhou	警察
	Chongming	警察
	Danyang	警察
	Jinhua	警察
Xiang	Changsha	警察
Xiang	Loudi	警察

Derived terms

馬打厝／马打厝

馬打寮／马打寮

Descendants

Thai: หมาต๋า (mǎa-dtǎa)

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